Biographical Poetry posted October 5, 2015 Chapters:  ...116 117 -118- 119... 


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An Octogram

A chapter in the book Family

A New Addition

by Treischel



Our family has gained a pet,
The cutest dog.
We've had her to the local vet
To catalog
All issues that her health may show.
She passed with flying colors though.
Her picture's been placed on our blog,
The cutest dog.

With Miniature Pincers you get
A dialog
About their size and silhouette
With ears that jog
The air like pointed angel wings,
A puppy face that pulls heart strings,
A pet who sets us all agog,
The cutest dog.







Meet Bindi, a Miniature Pincer that my daughter, Aisha, recently got for her family with three children. You can definitely see its Doberman Pincer pedigree. It is a small dog, that won't get get much bigger than a puppy. It has a sweet temperament, and is happily adjusting.

This poem is an Octogram.
The Octogram form of poetry was invented by Fanstory member S .Yocom (Sally). It is a challenging form of poetry that can be written effectively on many topics.
The rules are:
- 2 stanzas of 8 lines each for a total length of 16 lines.
- The syllable counts line by line are; 8-4-8-4-8-8-8-4, 8-4-8-4-8-8-8-4.
- Each line must be written in Iambic Meter.
- The rhyme scheme for the first stanza is; a B a b c c b B
The rhyme scheme for the second stanza is; a b a b d d b B
(Capital B letters denote lines that must repeated EXACTLY THE SAME.
Line two of the first stanza is repeated as line eight in that stanza,
and as line eight of the second stanza.
- No other lines should be repeated

The author created this montage from family photographs.
Pays one point and 2 member cents.


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